Leaving aside the technical Polyester Polos

Leaving
aside the technical Polyester Polos, which are inherently lightweight,
Polyester/Cotton Polo Shirts tend to start from around 160 to 170gsm
(GSM stands for grams per square metre, a unit of measurement now
commonly used in the textile industry). Whilst these lightweight
Poly/Cotton Polos are cheap to buy, they tend to feel flimsy and with
regard to an embroidered Polo Shirt, they do not provide a stable enough
fabric on which to embroider. Lightweight Polo shirts can be used for
budget promotional give-aways but rarely do they offer real value for
money as an item of staff uniform.

The middle ground for
Poly/Cotton Polo shirts, in terms of weight and performance, is usually
for fabrics somewhere in the region of 180 to 210gsm. At this weight the
fabric provides a reasonable balance between comfort, durability and
price. As a result, Polo shirts in this weight range are regularly used
for workwear in the manufacturing & industrial sectors.

There
are always knock-offs of the real thing, when it comes to designer
clothing and it isn’t any different with Ralph Lauren polo shirts. The
main things to look for on a fake polo are the threads showing in the
back of the tag, sloppy stitching on the back of the horse insignia, and
stitching showing on the inside of the shoulder seam. While the overall
appearance is very similar between these two shirts, the construction
of the fake is of a much lower quality.